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Thornton, Matthew

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FIDEFIDE 1808974· Male· Wales· Born in 2004

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Matthew Thornton, a 22-year-old player, is rated 1685 — just 7 short of his peak of 1692 (Oct 2025, age 21). He has held steady between 1650 and 1700 for 10 months. 12 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Richardson Cup 2026 Quarter-Final, 2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 3 and 4, and 2025 Newport Major. Also played 3 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: Edinburgh Qualifier) recently.

Current rating

1685

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1627

All-time high

1692

−7 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 21

Activity

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#115,405

#115,405 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

6 entries
2025
All-time peak 1692
at age 21 · −7 from today
Oct 2025
37th 20-35 player nationally
at age 21 · rated 1691
Sep 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 21
Sep 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 21
Sep 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 21
Sep 2025
First FIDE rating
1691 · at age 21
Sep 2025

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jan Alfred Klingelhoefer 1,897
Richardson Cup 2026 Quarter-Final · Mar 2026 · +10.9 Elo
Evolution
-6
1691 → 1685
Tournaments
4
12 games
Score
5/ 1241.7%
5W2D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAnay Misra1,804·2025 British Championship: Weekend Penrose Under 2000·R5·+26.3
2.[W]vsBen Radford1,734·2025 Newport Major·R5·+22.5
3.[W]vsRobert AJ Hurn1,679·2025 Newport Major·R3·+19.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Richardson Cup 2026 Quarter-Final
Team
Mar 20260.5/1#281897+11.2
2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 3 and 4
Team
Nov 20250/2#471117-17.2
2025 Newport Major
Open Swiss
Aug 20252.5/3#4116550.0
2025 British Championship: Weekend Penrose Under 2000
Open Swiss
Aug 20252/3#4217040.0
Worst Elo result: 2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 3 and 4 (-17.2 Elo, finished #47).

Rankings

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Wales
#164
out of 275 players
Europe
#80,507
in continent
World
#115,400
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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6
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8
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9
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10
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164🇬🇧Thornton, Matthew1,685
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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80507🇬🇧Thornton, Matthew1,685
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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4
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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115400🇬🇧Thornton, Matthew1,685